Toddlers and 2-Year Old Programming
"I'm just a kid, I have a lot of stuff to do yet."
~ Clint Eastwood
Our commitment to quality care continues in our Toddler and 2-year old rooms. Children at this age are eager learners who energetically interact with materials and people. We at the center realize that an environment and curriculum that encourages each child's growing need of independence is a basis for developing and mastering life skills and a positive self esteem. By playing in both large and small groups, these children will learn valuable social skills needed to effectively interact with others. While engaging in fun activities toddlers and 2-year olds will discover their likes and talents and will be exposed to fundamentals such as: colors, shapes, self-help skills, as well as social and language development.
Children under the age of 2 years old will have a notebook system for direct communication with their teacher(s). In this notebook the teacher will log the daily activities, feedings and the rest times of your child. Parents will be asked to list pertinent information that will ensure the individualized schedule of each child is up-to-date, to inculde but not limited to: the last time your child ate, slept and was changed, as well as mood and sleeping patterns of the night before. Parents of 2-year olds will find daily information posted in the Parent Area of the room.
Arts for Kids has an individualized program for the needs of children ages of
6-weeks to 2-years old.
All children will have individual contact and attention through feeding, diapering and learning experience.
Each child will follow their individual routine of feeding and sleeping set by their home environment.
The children will be provided with equipment to fit their educational development and creative expression appopriate to their age level.
Daily communication with parents:
~ A notebook for each child under two years of age will be sent home with parents summarizing child's activities.
Parents will bring back notebook with information for teachers.
Staff will ensure that throughout the day infants will be moved into different activities.
Potty Training Policy
If parents and the center are in agreement that a child is developmentally ready, Arts for Kids will begin to encourage potty training at age 2.
At 2-1/2 years old age, regular potty training is part of our daily program and routine. Children will be encouraged to wear pull-ups or underwear (depending on progress) and have plenty of extra pull-ups or underwear on hand. They will be taken to the bathroom every 2 hours (possibly more often at the beginning). If a child is wearing underwear, they will be put in a pull-up or diaper for naps, unless completely trained. We will use lots of praise for a "job well done" and lots of understanding when "accidents happen" if a child has a rough day.
Sometimes potty training can happen overnight and sometimes it can be a long process - we just need to have a lot of patience.
October 2026 News!
Toddler I
Hello! My name is Ms. Hannha and I will be the new lead teacher in the Toddler I room. A little bit about me: I graduated from Marian University in Fond du Lac in 2020 majoring in Expressive and Therapeutic Arts. Art has always been a passion of mine. When I learned about Arts for Kids, I knew this would be the perfect fit for me. I am happy to be a part of creating some artwork with all of the kids and to share my love of art! I can’t wait to see what we will create in October!
Ms. Hannah and Ms. Tina
Toddler II
This month, we have lots of fun and exciting themes planned for the toddlers! We’ll be learning about Fire Safety, Spiders & Bats, Mad Scientists, and Halloween through age-appropriate activities, books, songs, art, and sensory play. As the weather continues to change, please check your child’s cubby and make sure they have weather-appropriate extra clothes available. Please also include a sweatshirt for those cooler days. Thank you for helping us keep everyone comfortable and prepared!
Ms. Kenzie and Ms. Kayla
Toddler III
2's I
Hello families,
We had such a good month in September focusing on different topics! The last week of September we are working on our motor skills to end the month on a productive note. We’re hoping to keep the fun going in October by focusing on firefighters, friendship, pumpkins/apples, and Halloween.
Also with the weather changing please make sure your children have sweaters or jackets for outside, and feel free to bring their swim stuff home so they have room in their cubbies!
Have a great October!
Ms. Kaylee
2's-II
Hello all and welcome to the spooky month in 2’s-II!
We learned a lot last month, starting with the first week of September talking all about ourselves and about school. We used our creativity and decorated an outline of a girl/boy, and then we sponge painted apple frames and got to choose the color for the apple. We talked about our families and the things we like to do at school. The following week was all about colors. We learned about two colors making a new color by mixing the paint up in a bag. We used our large motor skills to walk around the room looking for the same colors to put on the colored parachute. The next week was all about shapes and we learned that circles go around and around, squares have 4 sides, and triangles have 3 sides. We got to hold shape flash cards and stand in front of the room to show our friends what shape we had in our hand. We learned a lot the week of shapes and continue talking about them in every theme that we do. The third week in September was all about fall/autumn. We know the season by always saying “falling leaves” lol. We learned all about why the leaves change colors and what colors they can change to. We used our eye-hand coordination to paint with leaf cookie cutters and we raked fake leaves inside the classroom. The last week of September our theme was superheroes. We pretended to fly around the room and we hopped on Super Ss. I’m so excited for next month; we will be having firefighter Steve come and show the kids his equipment and the outside of the fire truck, and at the end of the month we will be trick or treating around the mall.
Hope everyone has a wonderful spooky month.
Ms. Laura
2's-III
BOO! Welcome to October in 2’s III!
We had a very busy month last month as we got used to our new classroom through lots of fun hands on activities. We explored such themes as Getting to Know You/Back to School, Colors, Shapes, Fall, and Superheroes/Community Helpers.
We used our language skills to talk about ourselves, shapes of items we see on a regular basis, our favorite colors and things we see in fall, what kind of superhero/community helper we would want to be, as well as learned a few sign language signs during group time.
We used our fine motor skills and thinking skills to practice our shapes and colors and used sponges, Lego blocks, cotton balls, cookie cutters, stickers, and even tissue paper and kinetic sand for creation activities to build eye hand coordination and hands on exploration of the world around us.
During small group time we explored many items in our sand and water tables, played match games, sorted shapes and objects by color, used colored dots to fill in do a dot pictures and used magnetic shapes to make pictures! Whew, such fun!!
We built our large muscles and social skills as we jumped, ran, worked together to play with the parachute, did transfer activities, had dance parties, did Yoga, and played Ring around the Rosie.
We will be kicking off this month with a Fire Fighter/Fire Safety theme as we learn about people who help us in our community. We are hoping to have a visit from our local Fire Station as well where we can see a fire truck up close. We also will be going trick or treating around City Center at the end of the month.
As always, please feel free to message me on the Lillio app or speak with me in person if you have any questions about your child’s day, development, or any other concerns you may have.
I hope you have a wonderful month!!
Ms. Sara B. and 2’s III
